Michelle P. Fulcher

Holly Arnold Kinney’s parents opened The Fort restaurant in Morrison in 1963. Arnold Kinney, who now runs the restaurant, has written a memoir about the orphaned bear cub the family adopted.

Farmers in Rocky Ford have started planting this year’s cantaloupe crop.

Michiel Bakker is director of Google Food, which puts him in charge of feeding 110,000 people a day in 56 countries.

Colorado-based WhiteWave Foods is best known for Silk Soymilk and Horizon Organic products. Danone of France wants to acquire it for about $10 billion. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year.

Separate bipartisan proposals could raise the state sales tax and free money in the existing budget for roads, schools and health care.

Colorado’s first state supreme court justice, Jean Dubofsky, was the lead attorney in a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case dealing with gay rights.

Cuts will impact farmers, air and water, and health care, although, Hickenlooper says, Colorado could benefit from more defense spending.

Biologist Erin Tripp makes a living learning about lichens. She’s identified two new species a few minutes drive from her office at the University of Colorado Boulder.

The Denver Post reports lawmakers are concerned the charity checkoff on state tax forms benefits only a few nonprofits and lacks oversight.

Martin Keller heads the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden. Its 40th anniversary comes at a time of political uncertainty under President Trump.

With President Donald Trump calling for improved relations between the U.S. and Russia, that country’s consul general is in Colorado seeking to increase trade.

At Sunday’s Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, a team from Colorado School of Mines could face questions such as whether college athletes should be paid, or whether iconic nude statues should be covered in respect for a VIP visitor’s religious sensibilities.

Boulder author Mark Gerzon has worked with the U.S. Congress, in foreign countries and with other political groups to resolve political disputes.

A spokeswoman for the Colorado Muslim Society says members of the congregation are frightened and wondering about their families’ futures after President Trump’s executive order on refugees.

More than four dozen refuges who were expected to arrive in Colorado this week will be delayed by a presidential order that placed a 120-day hold on their travel while the Trump administration reviews refugee vetting procedures.

A Republican state representative who advised Donald Trump on Hispanic issues during the campaign will attend his inauguration. A Denver Democrat, who’s new to politics, will attend a march to protest his policies.